Bentley

English

Alternative forms

• Bently

Pronunciation

• enPR: bĕnt'lē, IPA^(key): /ˈbɛntliː/

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Etymology 1

From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word leah or leag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) +‎ -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

Proper noun

Bentley

1. An English habitational surname from Old English.
2. A place name, including:
   1. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
   2. A town in Alberta, Canada.
   3. A number of places in England:
      1. A hamlet in Rowley parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA0135).
      2. A hamlet north-west of Brentwood, Brentwood borough, Essex (OS grid ref TQ5696).
      3. A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7844).
      4. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1136).
      5. An outer suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5605).
      6. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Bentley and Merevale Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2895).
      7. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9899).
      8. Lower Bentley and Upper Bentley in Bentley Pauncefoot parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire.
   4. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A small town in Hancock County, Illinois.
      2. A small city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
      3. An unincorporated community in Bay County, Michigan.
      4. A township in Gladwin County, Michigan.
      5. An unincorporated community in Hettinger County, North Dakota.

Derived terms

• Bentleyan
• Bentley Heath
• Bentley Pauncefoot
• Great Bentley
• Little Bentley
• Lower Bentley
• Upper Bentley

Etymology 2

A Bentley Continental GT V8 S

Named after the founder of Bentley Motors, WO Bentley.

Noun

Bentley (plural Bentleys)

1. A motor car manufactured by this company.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 148:

     The car she reclined in was a 1960s Bentley.

Translations

British car

• Arabic: بِنْتْلِي m (bintlī), بِنْتْلِي m (bentlī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賓利／宾利 (zh) (Bīnlì)

• Japanese: ベントレー (Bentorē)
• Korean: 벤틀리 (Benteulli)
• Marathi: बेन्ट्ली f (benṭlī)
• Persian: بنتلی (bentli)
• Russian: Бе́нтли f (Bɛ́ntli)

See also

• Bentleigh
• Bently

 

Anagrams

• bleynte